Sin Not Mortified Leads to a Darkened Soul

A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. FOR THE CHOIR DIRECTOR; ACCORDING TO MAHALATH LEANNOTH. A MASKIL OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE. 1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You. 2 Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry! 3 For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol. 4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength, Psalms 88:1-8 (NASB) Read verses 5-8 on the site.

Despite what many faux-Christian leaders are teaching in our day about the necessity of repentance in the life of the believer, the Word of God teaches us something entirely different. In it, we learn that the life, vigor, and comfort of our spiritual life depends much on our actively and deliberately mortifying the sin that clings so closely.,,, Continue reading

Bethel Music – Unfruitful Works of Darkness

“Mainstream contemporary Christian music. It feeds the flesh and weakens our mission (Galatians 5:16). Bethel music, in its insatiable lust for more followers, is seeking to devour anyone who has itching ears (2 Tim 4:3).” 

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte)  If you’ve followed Pulpit & Pen, you know we’ve covered the contemporary Christian music movement and have written about several of its mainstream figures, including Kari Jobe and Hillsong. It’s no secret we believe that the relentless promotion of much of this flesh-feeding ecstatic music does no good for the edification of the body of Christ. But perhaps one of the most deceitfully nefarious organizations pumping out poisonous exhaust is Bethel Music. Continue reading

If Article 4 Section 4 of the Constitution Was Enforced, Would We Have a Stolen Election, the Border Crisis or Antifa and BLM Burning Down Cities?

“It is clear Democrats will not enforce this one section in our Constitution, disregarding our Constitution and making it worthless.   Americans believe in the law, not the lawless Democrat destructive policies.  It’s time for our politicians to change and uphold our Constitution or be removed from government or arrested.”

(Joe Hoft – Gateway Pundit) What if our Constitution was fully enforced? What if our politicians mandated that all our laws were enforced?  What if those with the responsibility to enforce those laws did what they are mandated to do? Continue reading

2 liberal icons: America now on a path to ‘totalitarianism’

“We’re reaching a point reminiscent of what led to the American Revolution: People were willing to die rather than give up their rights.”

(Art Moore – WND)  Citing government seizure of power and censorship during the coronavirus pandemic, well-known liberal figures Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Naomi Wolf warned in a recent video-podcast discussion that America is on “a path to totalitarianism.” Continue reading

Put to Death What is Earthly in You

12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:12-13 (NASB) 

Compromise is the order of the day. When God’s Word is forsaken and replaced with the subjectivity of Man’s wisdom then what do you expect? When a so-called Evangelical leader can ignore what Sacred Scripture says very clearly about Homosexuality being a sin just like murder and that no practicing homosexual will inherit the Kingdom of God and still call what he teaches “Christianity” well then what we must understand is that what we are dealing with are people who want to be included as practicing Christians while remaining unrepentant of their sins…. Continue reading

Why It’s Impossible For Christianity To Ever Endorse Transsexuality

“In the beginning, when the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) decide to create humanity, They proclaim in Genesis 1:26: “Let us make [humanity] in our image, after our likeness.”… They are going to create something in nature that is “in our image, after our likeness.” That is one of the most consequential statements in all of scripture. They finished creating the stunning splendor that is the physical world. Scripture tells us creation is so lovely and majestic it literally declares God’s glory.”

(Glenn T. Stanton – The Federalist)  There are more than 2.5 billion professing Christians on the globe today, or roughly 32 percent of the world’s population. This makes Christianity the largest collection of people holding one set of beliefs about life’s meaning…. Continue reading

The Christian Prophets Who Say Trump Is Coming Again

“Not all prophets have doubled down on their Trump prophecies since the election, however. And as some have backed away from Trump, a schism has emerged. At least six recognized prophets who initially predicted a Trump reelection have acknowledged those prophecies were wrong. They now say they are deeply troubled by their peers’ refusal to acknowledge the same—and worry that allegiance to Trump could threaten the prophetic tradition itself.”

(Julia Duin – Politico)  Perched on a cream-colored armchair, Johnny Enlow, a 61-year-old, California-based Pentecostal pastor with short-cropped gray hair, a trim beard and Tom Selleck-style mustache, looked into the camera and prophesied that Donald Trump would become president again.

Not in 2024. In 2021. Continue reading

Richard Grenell Confirms Your Worst Fears and Gives Hope About Closure on Russian Collusion

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Former U.S. President Barack Obama during the 58th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, 2017. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)

“I would watch the interview publicly and then I would read the transcript. And it made me very sad for our country because what was said under oath in the basement of the House, with a lawyer sitting next to them, was fundamentally different than what they said on CNN. And that’s outrageous to me. That’s so swampy. So Washington, D.C.”

(Stacy Lennox – PJ Media) Former acting DNI Richard Grenell gave a wide-ranging interview on Glenn Beck’s weekly podcast. They covered everything from China to technology to Grenell’s assessment of the Biden administration’s initial weeks. There was even a discussion of UFOs. While there were some topics he could not offer complete candor on due to classified information, Grenell provided a candid assessment of our intelligence agencies, the Russian collusion hoax, and Spygate. Continue reading

Dead to Sin Alive to God in Christ Jesus

8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:8-11 (NASB) 

Instead of Christians being about religiosity in any form, the Bible clearly shows something entirely different in the purpose and mission of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Romans 1-5 the Apostle Paul makes it very clear that there is no person born of Adam who deserves anything, but eternal damnation from God because of his or her sin…. Continue reading

Roman Catholic Church Affirms Teaching on Marriage, Media Hardest Hit

“Pope Francis says priests cannot bless same sex unions, dashing hopes of gay Catholics,”  ran The Washington Post‘s headline. CNN’s report described the Vatican’s statement as “combative,” warning that the move “threatens to widen the chasm between the church and much of the LGBTQ community.”

(Tyler O’Neil – PJ Media)  On Monday, the Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church’s 2,000-year-old doctrine that marriage is between one man and one woman and that homosexual acts are illicit. Therefore, the Vatican stated that the church cannot bless same-sex weddings because that would lead to confusion about the doctrine of marriage. Continue reading

Deceased, Gay-Affirming Scripture Twister to Release Children’s Book ‘What is God Like?’

In one article Held Evans wrote, she actually referred to God as a female, writing, “And, because of today, because of the cross, it is a pain that God Herself understands.”

(Reformation Charlotte)  In 2019, popular gay-affirming author and speaker, Rachel Held Evans, tragically passed away leaving behind her husband and small children. Sadly, instead of entering glory, Evans most likely heard the dreaded words of Jesus found in Matthew 7:23, “I never knew you, depart from me.” Continue reading

The Biden Admin Is Covering up the Number of Illegal Immigrants with COVID, Says Texas Gov

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media)  Illegal immigrants have been flooding to the southern border of the United States, and they’re bringing COVID-19 with them. According to the CBP, Illegal immigrants are testing positive for COVID at a rate double the national average, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott says is accusing the Biden administration of withholding data from his state about the total number of illegals caught at the border who have tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading

Take Up Your Cross And Follow Jesus

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:24-26 (NASB) 

The Church is in the midst of a Truth War. That is nothing new is it? We have been talking about this for quite some time; however, we must remain diligent while not surrendering the fight over what is Truth and what is not to the enemies of God’s Truth. The reason the visible church is being eaten alive by the world right now is that it has long ago forsaken God’s Word as His infallible Truth…. Continue reading

Not All of You Are Clean

1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, 4 *got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.   John 13:1-11 (NASB) Read verses 5-11 on the site.

The following is a note from my John MacArthur Study Bible (2006) pertaining to vv4,5 above: Continue reading

California Curriculum Leads Kids in Chant to Aztec God of Human Sacrifice

The curriculum singles out Christianity for particular demonization. Cuauhtin claimed that white Christians committed “theocide” by killing indigenous gods while replacing tribal cults with Christianity. White settlers established a regime of “colonially, dehumanization, and genocide,” characterized by the “explicit erasure and replacement of holistic Indegeneity and humanity.”

(Tyler O’Neil – PJ Media)  Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new ethnic studies curriculum that seeks to root out “white supremacy,” “colonization,” and the various evils of American culture. The curriculum aims to reverse Christianity’s alleged “theocide” against Native American gods by leading students in a chant to various indigenous deities, including the Aztec god of human sacrifice…. Continue reading

The Low-Information Evangelical Part 2 (Reprise)

This article by CRN managing editor Marsha West was first published August 29, 2014.

“In part I brought the reader up to speed on Beth Moore’s slide into mysticism and also gave a heads up on her unbiblical teaching and had planned to leave it at that. But then the news came that she made an appearance on Joyce Meyer’s TV show. This is the sort of news Beth fans should be made aware of, so I decided to include a bit about it here.”

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Appearing in part 1 is the phrase “low-information voter” (LIV) which is oft used by popular radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Rush suggests that those who make up this population set are individuals who vote for a candidate or important issue having little or in most cases zero knowledge about either. LIVs are highly opinionated even when they have no idea what they’re talking about.

Also included in part 1 was the following quote from C. Edmund Wright. I appreciate the way he expands on the LIV concept:

But forget low-information voters for just a minute; the malignancy that is really destroying this country is low-information people with high-profile power and/or influence. You know, people who would lobby for, comment on, advocate for, or vote on laws like ObamaCare without any understanding of its real-world impact. Such felonies are then carried out by low-information bureaucratic microbes with the power to destroy lives and businesses with impunity, and a political and talking-head class with the access and sway to codify these common malfeasances. Destruction of private property and liberty – and these two concepts are not divisible – takes place in government cubicles every minute of every day across the country. And why not? (Source)

His thoughts fit nicely with what I’ve come to believe about many leaders in the evangelical community. Specifically, a large number of them are uninformed people with high-profile power and/or influence. The LIVs Wright’s pointing a finger at are liberals. Likewise many of the evangelicals that came to mind for me are liberals but because liberal has a negative connotation they prefer “progressive Christian” or “social justice Christian.” Take your pick. But whichever one you go with has its roots in communism. Continue reading

One Year Later, Vindication for Lockdown Skeptics

“But the “party of science” wisely seized the opportunity. The strong overpowered the weak in the biggest political power grab in modern U.S. history; the young sacrificed for the old. Our most vulnerable citizens, children and the elderly, were betrayed, in some cases killed, by the very same political interests purportedly devoted to protecting them.”

(Julie Kelly – American Greatness)  One year ago, I tweeted: “This is what the Left wants. They want people stripped of wealth, isolated, and terrified. They want sources of joy—church, sporting events, vacations, large social gatherings—eliminated. This is how they get control. And it’s far scarier than any virus.”

It was not a popular sentiment at the time. Continue reading

Charismatic Conference Sees 4-Year-Old Kids Taught to Speak in Tongues, Prophecy, and Get ‘Slain in the Spirit’

(Protestia)  A worship session during a charismatic children’s conference had kids as young as four years old being encouraged to speak in tongues, prophecy, and get slain in the spirit, with rejoicing testimony that these young ones were “falling out under the power and crying and trembling.”

The Fire21 Kids Conference was held in Orlando, FL, and ran alongside the Fire21 Conference, a 3-day charismatic extravaganza that featured speakers Daniel Kolenda, Todd White, and Bethel’s Sean Feucht. Continue reading

Joe Biden Is Still Lying About COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution. Here Are the Facts.

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media)  Joe Biden, who claimed repeatedly during the 2020 election campaign that he would be a uniter, desperately wants you to give him credit for the unprecedented pace of COVID-19 vaccine development.

In fact, the plan for Biden to take credit for it started before he even took office.

Less than a week before the inauguration it was announced that the incoming Biden administration would rename Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration initiative that resulted in two COVID vaccines approved by the FDA before Trump left office, and a third vaccine a couple of months later. Trump’s initiative delivered an FDA-approved vaccine five times faster than the fastest prior vaccine development in history. Continue reading

Apostasy and the Day of the Lord

1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 (NASB) 

Before we dig into this passage let me make it clear that I am not an eschatology “expert” or “specialist.”…. Continue reading

Video Blog Investigates TV Preacher Jet Flights

(Barry Bowen – Trinity Foundation)  Have you ever wondered where televangelists travel on privately owned and ministry owned jets? We take a critical look at televangelist flights in the first episode of our new video blog Air Traffic Out-of-Control.

For almost twenty years, Trinity Foundation has tracked televangelist aircraft and we’ve discovered TV preachers often travel after the Christmas holiday season ends. January 2nd was a busy day for televangelist and ministry aircraft. Continue reading

Jesus a Racist? ‘Gay Pastor’ Claims Jesus Used ‘Racial Slur,’ ‘Repented of His Racism’

“There are scores of pseudo-scholars out there who openly posit disjointed erroneous interpretations of the Bible based on their own personal theology and sinful lifestyle and not simple exegesis. Brandon Robertson’s pretexting passages to fit his personal views are always embraced by the unstudied and extremely gullible.”

(Michael Marcavage – Christian News)  An openly homosexual man who reports to have received his pastoral and theology degree from the conservative Moody Bible Institute, and who is now a so-called LGBT+ activist and author, claims that Jesus used a “racial slur” and “repented of his racism”—essentially calling Jesus a sinner—in a controversial video now circulating online. Continue reading